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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2010
Kazuki Onishi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuki Onishi, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication device is provided in a network including a plurality of network segments to which customer devices are connected respectively, the communication device being connected through a cable or radio communication line to a central management device so that management information required for remote management of the customer devices is exchanged between the communication device and the central management device through the communication line. In the communication device, a searching unit searches customer devices connected to a predetermined network segment among the plurality of network segments in the network by predetermined timing. A transmitting unit transmits segment configuration information of the predetermined network segment as a result of device searching by the searching unit through the communication line to the central management device by predetermined timing.